THREE Moruya
trainers shared in the spoils on Narooma Cup day with John Marzol, Brett Jones
and Kevin Cassidy claiming a race win each on Monday’s meeting.

Marzol’s She’s No
Drama ($10) with Brendan Ward aboard won the first race of the day, the
Ezyprint Maiden Handicap (1010 metres) by four lengths in the fillies second
start.

Lynda Bundy’s
Jackaizane and Bernie Connell’s Cullendulla Fella completed the trifecta for
Moruya trainers in the first race.

Jones’ Macks
Swiftly ($11) with hoop Grant Buckley aboard came home strong to win the
Narooma News Class 1 Handicap (1200 metres) to claim its second win from 12
starts.

Jones was
confident in her preparation and had only one message for the jockey
beforehand.

“I asked Grant to
ride her out of the gates which he did and she finished really well,” Jones
said.

John Peiti
Shamica was the runner-up in the second race to give Moruya another strong
showing early on Narooma Cup day.

Cassidy’s
Goodlookin’rooster ($8) won the final race of the meeting, race eight (1425
metres) by a length, which gave apprentice jockey James Innes jnr his first
race win of the day also.

It was the
four-year-old geldings’ fourth win from 13 starts and its second at
Moruya.

John Gamble’s
Seanessy ridden by Brodie Loy came in second.

The premier race,
the Club Narooma Cup (1650 metres) provided another thrilling finish like last
year as Wodonga trainer Brian Cox claimed victory as his pre-race favourite
Full Hand ($4), a five year old gelding, got home by a head with hoop Nick
Souquet aboard.

It was Cox’s
first visit to Moruya to compete in more than 30 years, which made the return
more than worthwhile.

“We were always
confident before the race but once he came around the last bend we knew he
would come home really strong,” Cox said.

Moruya trainer
Luke Pepper and his horse Quichang ran second again in the Narooma Cup after
losing by a nose last year.

The atmosphere
provided by the crowd, a visit from the some special Clydesdales and the
spectacular fashions on the field entrants impressed Moruya Jockey Club manager
Brian Cowden.

“We had over 3000
people attend the meeting which is a great turn out for the Narooma Cup day,”
Cowden said.